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News & Events: Year 2005
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- Russian Championship Final (December 19 - 30, RUSSIA)

Sergey Rublevsky won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
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- FIDE World Chess Cup (November 26 - December 18, RUSSIA)

Levon Aronian won the title after beating Ruslan Ponomariov

* Official site

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UNITED STATES CHESS SCHOOL

This is a new chess training program designed for the strongest players in the nation. A few times per year, some of the most talented chessplayers in the country will be given a free week long training session with GM Gregory Kaidanov in Lexington, Kentucky. For now there will be two groups of students, one comprising of younger kids in the 9-12 age group and one that is aimed towards older players. The first session is already scheduled for January 2nd-8th!

11/14/2005 - Six top players have already accepted their invitations to the USCS

- World Chess Team Championship 2005 (Beer Sheva, Israel)

* Official site

- FIDE World Chess Championship (Sept. 28-Oct. 16/ ARGENTINA)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- European Chess Club Cup (September 18-24 / St. Vincent)

Tomsk-400 won the tournament

* List of teams

* Official site

- Dutch Chess Championship (September 5 - 16 / Leeuwarden)

Loek Van Wely & Zhao Qin Peng retained their titles

* Official site

- 1st Saturday Chess Tournaments (September/ Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Quang Liem Le performed IM-norm / Hoang Thi Bao Tram performed WGM norm

* Official site

- 58th Russian Chess Championship (September 3-11 / Kazan,RUSSIA)

           Evgeny Bareev & Alexander Khalifman tied for 1st (6.5/9)

* Official site

- FIDE Continental Championship (August 5-16 / ARGENTINA)

                       Lazaro Bruzon (8.5/11) won the tournament

* Final standings

* Official site

- 1st Saturday Chess Tournaments (August / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* David Berczes achieved his first GM norm, Garrido Domingues, Cuenca Jimenez & Quang Liem Le performed IM norms; Hoang Thi Boa Tram performed a WGM norm

* Official site

- Mainz Chess Classic (August 9 - 14 / Mainz, GERMANY)

Results:

* Rapid match: Anand won the match 5-3
* Chess960 World Championship: Peter Svidler retains his Chess960 World Champion title
* Ordix Open: Teimour Radjabov won the Ordix Open (9.5/11)
* Chess960 Open: Levon Aronian finished clear first (10/11)
* Alexander Grischuk´s simul (40 boards): +29 =8 -3
* Chess960 Exhibition: Svidler beat The Baron (1.5-0.5), Almasi lost to Shredder (0-2)
* Unzicker Gala 80: Karpov & Korchnoi tied for 1st (3.5/6)

Chessville coverage:

* Unzicker Gala 80 (August 9-10)
* Rapid match: Anand vs. Grischuk (August 11-14)
* Chess960 World Championship: Svidler vs. Almasi (August 11-14)

* Download the games

* Official site

- European Team Championships (July 30 - August 7 / SWEDEN)

   The Netherlands won the championship / Poland won the women section

* Final standings

* Official site

- Biel GM Tournament (July 16 - 29 / Biel, SWITZERLAND)

                             Gelfand & Volokitin tied for 1st (6/10)

* Chessville coverage

* Official site

- Canadian Open (July 9 - 17 / Edmonton, CANADA)

Ivanchuk, Bologan, Shirov, Bluvshtein & Chowdhury share the 1st place

* Final standings

* Official site

- Dortmund Chess Meeting (July 8 - 17 / Dortmund, GERMANY)

                            Arkadij Naiditsch won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- North Urals Cup 2005 (July 4 - 13 / Krasnoturinsk, RUSSIA)

                         Humpy Koneru won the tournament (6/9)

* Download all the games
* Official site

- 1st Saturday Chess Tournaments (July / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* GM Group: Zlatko Ilincic won this month´s tournament (7/11)
* Official site

- Distance Chess Match EEUU vs. Russia (July 10 / EEUU & Russia)

                                              Russia won 6 - 2

* Official site

- 33rd Annual World Open (June 30 - July 4 / Philadelphia, USA)

                 Kamil Miton won this strong open tournament (7.5/9)

* Official site

- Efim Geller Memorial (July 1 - 3 / Odessa, UKRANIE)

                     Ruslan Ponomariov won this tournament (7.5/9)

* Chessville coverage (by David Surratt)
* Download all the games

* Daily Internet coverage (in Russian)

- European Men´s Chess Championship (June 17 - July 3 / POLAND)

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu is the new European Men's Champion!

* Official site

- Adams vs. Hydra Chess Match (June 21 - 27 / London, ENGLAND)

                                            Hydra won 5.5-0.5

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- European Women´s Chess Championship (June 10 - 25 / MOLDOVA)

        Kateryna Lahno is the new European Women Chess Champion

* Final standings

* Official site

- Kasimdzhanov vs. AI Accoona ToolBar (June 21 / New York, USA)

                          Match finished in a draw after 42 moves

* Download the game
* Accoona site

- Bajada de la Virgen Internacional Open (June 12 - 19 / SPAIN)

                     Kamil Miton won the tournament (7/9)

* Official site

- Match Bruzon - Timman (June 11 - 17 / Curacao)

Bruzon won the classic match while Timman won the rapid one

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (June 4 - 14 / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Attila Czebe won the GM Section
* Sachdev Tania performed her final WGM norm
* Official site

- 18th Ciudad de León Chess Tournament (June 9 - 13 / León, SPAIN)

Viswanathan Anand won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- Leko vs. Adams Rapid Match (June 2 - 5 / Miskolc, HUNGARY)

Final score: 4 - 4

* Download the games

* Official site

- 69th Bulgarian Men Championship (May 23 - June 3 / Pleven)

Ivan Cheparinov won the national title

* Official site

- Bosna Chess Tournament (May 18-28 / Sarajevo)

Bologan & Sokolov shared the 1st place

* Final standings
* Download the games

* Official site

- MTel Masters (May 12-22 / Sofia, BULGARY)

                        Veselin Topalov won the tournament (6.5/10)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- HB Global Chess Challenge (May 18 - 22, Minneapolis, USA)

               Zviad Izoria won this strong open tournament (7.5/9)

* Final standings
* Official site

- Capablanca Memorial (May 5-19 / Havana, CUBA)

                      Vassily Ivanchuk won the tournament (9.5/12)

* Official site (Spanish)

- First Saturday Tournaments (May / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Konstantin Chernyshov won the GM Section (8/11)
* IM Section: Fabiano Caruana performed an IM-norm with only 12 years old

* Official site

- Russian Team Championship (APRIL 18-29 / Dagomys, RUSSIA)

Tomsk-400 won the event

* Official site (Russian)

- Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (April 15-24/Malmo&Copenhagen)

Krishan Sasikiran & Jan Timman finished in 1st place (6.5/9)

* Official site

- Gausdal Chess Tournament (April 13-21 / Gausdal, NORWAY)

Sergei Tiviakov won the tournament

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (April / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Zlatko Ilincic won the GM section (7.5/11), no GM-norms this month
* Official site

- Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament (April 1-9, SPAIN)

                      Teimour Radjabov won the tournament (5.5/9)

* Official site

- 14th Amber Blindfold/Rapid Tournament (March 19-31, MONACO)

                             Viswanathan Anand won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- Karpov vs. Istratescu match (Bucharest, ROMANIA / March 20-26)

* Results: Classical: 2.5-1.5 / Rapid: 3.5-0.5
* Download all the games

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (March / Budapest, HUNGARY)

* Heikki Kallio & Dzhakay Dzhakaev (who performed his 3rd GM-norm) tied in the 1st place (8.5/10)
* Official site

- Linares Chess Tournament (February 23 - March 10, SPAIN)

                        Garry Kasparov won the tournament (8/12)

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- 6th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament (February 26 - March 7)

                 Bacrot won the tournament, Bologan tied in 1st place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site (Russian)

- Moscow Open 2005 (February 25 - March 3, Moscow, RUSSIA)

                       Farrukh Amonatov won this tournament (7.5/9)

* More information

- Accoona Women´s Championship (March 1 / New York, USA)

                               Zhu Chen beat Irina Krush (1.5-0.5)

* Download the games

- 76th German Championship (February 18 - 26 / Westerwald)

                                   Arthur Jussupow won the title

* Results by round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* Final standings

* Official site

- Aeroflot Chess Open (February 15 - 23 / Moscow, RUSSIA)

                             Emil Sutovsky won by better tiebreak

* Results by round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
* Participants

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (February / HUNGARY)

* FM Krisztian Szabo performed his 4th-IM norm
* Official site

- Bermuda Chess Tournament (January 30 - February 9, Bermuda)

                                Boris Gelfand won the tournament

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Gibtelecom Masters Tournament (January 25 - February 3)

   Efimenko, Shirov, Aronian, Georgiev & Sutovsky shared the 1st place

* Results by round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
* Live games

* Official site

- Corus Chess Tournament 2005 (January 14 - 30, Wijk aan Zee)

                                         Peter Leko won (8.5/13)

* Chessville coverage
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* Official site

- Brunei Open 2005 (January 14 - 20 / BRUNEI)

                                        Nasib Wintig won (8/9)

* Official site

- Drammen International Chess Festival (Dec 27 - Jan 5 / NORWAY)

                          Alexei Shirov won the tournament (6/9)

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- FIDE rating list (January 2005)

* Top 10: Kasparov, Anand, Topalov, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Adams, Svidler, Bacrot & Shirov

* Top 100 players
* Women rating list

* FIDE site